David

artcroft

Hard to what scene has been set. Kim made huge strides in accelerating and developing NK’s nuclear capabilities. He now holds better cards in his hand so I can’t see him folding. Also no one is suggesting that his grip on NK is anything but tight.
So the scene is: What does Kim want and what does Trump want?
If Trump says Kim can keep his nukes in exchange for no further testing expect big probs in SK/Japan – USA relations.

artcroft

Depends. Does Kim want to be recognised as a legitimate nuclear power. This brings heighten prestige at UN and sets the scene in his favour in talks with S.Korea. Who will be the senior party at such talks, the power house economy of SKorea or the nuclear ally of China, N.Korea. Kim is looking like a clever deal maker. Can Trump keep up.

Alan Wilkinson

Gezza

Yes it is. Kim’s working Trump quite well so far. Trump thinks he might be winning, but given the positive sentiments about denuclearisation & dialogue & rapproachment in South Korea, Kim KNOWS that HE is.

Gezza

The play is not yet over & we haven’t seen this one before. Let’s just wait & see what happens. The worst that can happen is a win-win & if that happens it’s down to Kim, not Trump, because he was never going to fire a nuclear-tipped missile at the US & get annihilated or deposed.

David

David

Art of the Deal, good work Trump. And while the left scramble around to find a reason this happened despite Trump you lot were saying he was pushing us to WW3 a few months ago so you cant have it both ways.
If Obama had achieved this the lefties would be awarding the 2nd Nobel Prize by now.

Gezza

I dunno who Kim’s hairdresser is but, man, the hairstyle he’s got at the moment is a shocker! Weird as. Not even David Beckham would be game to sport that cut.

But everybody claps it like crazy – & I imagine you wouldn’t survive long if you lived there & you said something that could be considered even remotely less than that it’s an ecstatically becoming coiffure was overheard by some school kid.